There are churches all over North America that could use some tender loving care – anything from installing a new kitchen for feeding the homeless to fixing up an old pulpit. For congregations in need, VisionTV's Divine Restoration can be a godsend.

Each week, the Divine Restoration team visits a different church to help out with a challenging 48-hour renovation project. While hammering nails or applying paint, hosts Catherine Burdon and Jim Codrington also get to know a little about the community of worshipers and their stories.

Divine Restoration represents VisionTV's first foray into lifestyle programming. The multi-faith network has several other such programs now in production, including Prenup Challenge , Gospel Challenge and Shrines. VisionTV has partnered with independent producers on all of these projects.

Said Joan Jenkinson, VisionTV's Director of Programming: “We're committed to finding fresh and inventive new ways of doing faith television. Divine Restoration uses the format of a makeover show to tell entertaining, inspiring stories about spirituality and community. It proves that there's plenty of potential to innovate within this genre.”

The Divine Restoration crew will drop in on African American and Canadian congregations all over the continent. Early episodes feature houses of worship such as Toronto's All Nations Full Gospel Church, a converted factory where Burdon and Codrington help volunteers to build a new kitchen, and Chicago's Quinn Chapel, a renowned 19th-century landmark in need of a new Sunday school classroom.

Later episodes will take the series to churches in Halifax, Toronto, Atlanta and New Orleans, among other locations. Volunteers from each church community contribute their time and efforts to the renovation work, and local merchants help out by donating materials.

At the end of each half-hour episode, members of the congregation gather with the Divine Restoration team to admire the results of their efforts and to celebrate what a community can accomplish with a little hard work and a lot of faith.

Divine Restoration : The Hosts

Catherine Burdon

Toronto native Catherine Burdon graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. with a computer science degree in 1996. She began her acting career in commercials while still attending university, and has appeared in more than 40 TV spots.

In 1998 Catherine landed her first feature film role, appearing in Woo with Jada Pinkett Smith and LL Cool J. Since then, she has appeared in such films as The Pacifier (2005) with Vin Diesel, Welcome to Mooseport (2004) with Gene Hackman, and Frequency (2000) with Dennis Quaid.

She has also appeared in a number of TV movies, including Coast to Coast (2004) with Richard Dreyfuss and Judy Davis, Wild Iris (2001) with Laura Linney, and Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2000) with Natalie Cole and Diahann Carroll. Her TV series work includes guest spots on Queer As Folk , Kevin Hill and Life With Derek .

Jim Codrington

Toronto-born Jim Codrington began his acting career at the age of 13, appearing in Black Theatre Canada's inaugural production of The Black Malfini. After completing studies at Ryerson University in Toronto, he honed his skills in television as the host of such TVOntario series as A Question of Justice and The Polka Dot Door .

Jim's film experience includes roles in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), The Ladies Man (2000) and Tommy Boy (1995). He has also appeared in TV movies such as Gracie's Choice (2004), The Matthew Shepard Story (2002) and A Passage to Ottawa (2001), and has played guest roles in a number of series, among them Odyssey 5 , 1-800-Missing and Soul Food .

His theatre credits include the part of Mufasa in the Mirvish Productions staging of The Lion King and the title role in Persephone Theatre's Othello.